''The quality of the contributors alone is enough to make this an excellent book. It is a valuable compendium--and bibliography--of recent thinking on the historical context of current discussions of educational reform.''--Robert A. McCaughey, Barnard College.Contributors: David Angus, Patricia Albjerg Graham, Carl F. Kaestle, Joseph F. Kett, David L. Kirp, Michael W. Kirst, Jeffrey Mirel, Gary B. Nash, Paul E. Peterson, Diane Ravitch, William J. Reese, Michael W. Sedlak, David Tyack, Reed Ueda, Maris A. Vinovskis